Sentence examples for path of a freight from inspiring English sources

Hart telephoned police to warn them of the danger but was unable to prevent the express derailing and going into the path of a freight train.

Like finding yourself in the path of a freight train or a junked-up mistress with a straight razor, I was outmaneuvered by destiny.

A grandfather is being hailed a hero after dramatic CCTV footage emerged of him risking his life by jumping into the path of a speeding freight train to save his granddaughter.

During the melee, Alex hits him with his skateboard and the guard, losing balance, falls onto another track into the path of an oncoming freight train which cuts him in half.

But one test is heading our way with the speed of a freight train.

They followed the path of freight trains heading east, quitting the tall palm trees and shopping centers of the exurbs for the parched foothills of the San Gabriel Valley.

The train remained upright for nearly half a mile, but several of its cars derailed and jackknifed into the path of the onrushing freight train, which was carrying 1,000 tons of coal and moving at 60 miles an hour on the adjacent northbound track.

Then there's the sad whistle of a freight train.

"The station was more of a freight station for produce than a passenger station.

Transport can be on the scale of a freight car or a jacket pocket.

Think of a freight truck trying to fit underneath a small tunnel.